Obituaries

Jacquelyn Craig

Jacquelyn Craig

Dec 15, 2007

Jacquelyn ?Jackie? Craig, 89, of Burnet, TX died Dec. 15, 2007. She was born on June 12, 1918 in Kansas City, KS to Otto and Anna Medved Powell. She married her husband of 40 years, Rex L. Craig, on Nov. 22, 1967. She was a resident of Lake Quivira, KS for 33 years and a long time resident of Horseshoe...

Dennis Hare

Dennis Hare

Dec 15, 2007

Dennis Hare, 60, North Kansas City, Missouri passed away December 15, 2007. Visitation will be held on Friday, December 21, 2007 from 5- 7 p.m. at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66210.

Annie Webb

Annie Webb

Dec 14, 2007

Annie Sue Webb joined the Band of Angels on December 14, 2007. She was born Annie Sue Taylor on October 2, 1907 in Beebe, Arkansas. She married Criss Webb and they were married for 33 years. He preceded her in death on February 26, 1958. She was also preceded in death by one son Marion Webb on September 7, 1997....

Virginia Petett

Virginia Petett

Dec 14, 2007

Virginia M. Petett of Prairie Village, Kansas passed away at Delmar Gardens of Lenexa nursing home Friday evening. Virginia will be sorely missed by her family and friends in this area, which include her daughter-in-law, Cathy Russell of Lenexa KS; grandchildren, Greg Hoeflicker, of Chicago, IL., Keith Hoeflicker, and Michelle Lever and two great grandchildren of Lenexa KS. Her many...

Howard Flora

Howard Flora

Dec 13, 2007

Howard G. Flora, 89, Olathe, Kansas, passed away December 13, 2007. He was preceded in death by his wife, Cleta in 2002. Survivors include three sons, Jeffrey and wife Nancy, Leawood, KS; Douglas and wife Susan, Kansas City, MO; and Jonathan, Scottsdale, AZ. He is also survived by his grandchildren: Zac Flora, Atchison, KS; Peter Flora, Kansas City, MO; Byron...

Phyllis Dieckman

Phyllis Dieckman

Dec 12, 2007

Phyllis L. Dieckman, 75, of Shawnee, Kan., finished her earthly life course December 12, 2007, at the Kansas City Hospice House. Phyllis was born April 26, 1932, in Windsor, Mo. For over 60 years, Phyllis has been an active member as one of Jehovah's Witnesses. Through her love for the Bible and desire to gain a more accurate knowledge of...

Constance Gratny

Constance Gratny

Dec 12, 2007

Constance Lee Gratny, 80, passed away peacefully Wednesday, December 12th, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital surrounded by her family. A celebration of her life will be 2:30 p.m. Friday, December 14th at D. W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, Kansas with a gathering of family and friends 1:00 ? 2:30 p.m. Friday at the chapel preceding the...

Phyllis Raible

Phyllis Raible

Dec 11, 2007

Phyllis J. Raible, age 88, of Overland Park, Kansas, died peacefully at home on Tuesday, December 11, 2007, surrounded by loving family and friends. Phyllis was born on August 21, 1919, in Kansas City, Missouri. She spent much of her childhood in Beatrice, Nebraska, and Blue Springs, Nebraska, graduating from high school in Blue Springs, NE, in 1937. She moved...

Mr. Charles Esterline

Mr. Charles Esterline

Dec 10, 2007

Charles Still Esterline, 74, passed away on December 10, 2007. Chuck was born on July 22, 1933 in Kirksville, Missouri to Crawford and Elizabeth (Still) Esterline, both Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine. He was a graduate of the Kirksville High School Class of 1951 and received a bachelor degree in business from Northeast Missouri State University. Chuck married the love of...

Mr. William Behrman

Mr. William Behrman

Dec 9, 2007

William E. (Bill) Behrman Bill Behrman, 80 of Kansas City, KS 66106 passed away on December 9, 2007 at his home from natural causes. Mr. Behrman was born December 9, 1927 in St. Louis, Mo. to Margaret and Martin Behrman. Mr. Behrman resided in the Kansas City area for 78 years. Mr. Behrman after gradating from Finlay Engineering College in...

Hilde Farley

Hilde Farley

Dec 9, 2007

Hilde Elizabeth Farley died Sunday, December 9, 2007, at her home in Lawrence. She was attended in her passing by her hospice nurses and her sons. She was born March 17, 1927, in Berlin- Steglitz, Germany, the only child of Horace and Marianne Woelfer Shuptrine. She was baptized and christened in the Lutheran Lukaskirche, Berlin-Steglitz. Her father was an American...

Helen George

Helen George

Dec 9, 2007

Helen Louise (Gill) George, died Sunday, December 9, 2007, at the Care Center of Lakeview Village in Lenexa. Helen was born Sept. 9, 1913, in Anthony, Kan. Her parents were Calvin and Inez (Benson) Gill. The family moved to El Dorado when Helen was small. She graduated from El Dorado High School, Junior College, and attended the University of Colorado....

Mr. Vincent Brown

Mr. Vincent Brown

Dec 8, 2007

Vincent Thomas Brown, 85, Overland Park, passed away Saturday, December 8, 2007. Mr. Brown was born July 28th, 1922 in Kansas City, Missouri. He worked at the Kansas City Star as a printer for 54 years. He began working at age 16. His skill soon turned him into one of the favorite make-up men at The Star, often chosen by...

Mary Perkins

Mary Perkins

Dec 8, 2007

Mary May Perkins, age 87, passed away Saturday, December 8, 2007 at Foxwood Springs, Raymore, Missouri. Mary was born May 16, 1920 to Samuel and Alice (Clark) Adams in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She volunteered many hours at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma and following her working as an office manager for Farmers Insurance in Kansas City, retired to Mesa,...

Alta Sharp

Alta Sharp

Dec 6, 2007

Alta M. Sharp, 91, of Promise City, Iowa, passed away December 6, 2007 in Merriam, Kansas. Visitation will be 4-6 p.m. Friday and funeral services 9:00 a.m. Saturday at D. W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, December 12th at 11:00 a.m. in Promise City, Iowa.

Lucille Fink

Lucille Fink

Dec 3, 2007

Lucille A. Fink, 101 years, died December 3, 2007 at Lakeview Village. Born in Whitley County, Kentucky to John and Arminda Angel, one of eight children. She moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where she met and married William Wallace. After his death, she later married John Fink who died in 1984. In 1995 she moved to Lenexa, Kansas. She is survived...

Alice Hargis

Alice Hargis

Dec 3, 2007

Alice ?Marie? Hargis Marie Hargis was born in Wickliffe, Kentucky on April 22, 1913 and she passed away on December 4th, 2007 in Seward, Nebraska. Marie was married to Gordon W. Hargis on November 17, 1951 in Kansas City where they resided for most of their lives. Marie was preceded in death by her husband on December 17, 2003. Marie...

Dorothy Byrom

Dorothy Byrom

Dec 1, 2007

Dorothy Helen Byrom was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church, in Westport, in 1923. She married Duane Byrom there in 1945. She was employed there for many years. Tuesday, Dec. 4, her funeral will be held there. Her relationship with this church, however, will live on for many years to come -- in the lives of its members that she touched....

Anna Jeanette Jay

Anna Jeanette Jay

Dec 1, 2007

Anna Jeanette Jay ?Neat?, 91, passed to Heaven on December 1, 2007. She was born to James Lester and Flora Ellen Fizzell on November 25, 1916. She graduated from Paseo High School and Huffs Business College. It was during her high school years that she accepted Jesus as her Savior. ?Neat? met Thomas Griffy Jay on Easter morning at Linwood...

Theodore Nikias

Theodore Nikias

Dec 1, 2007

Theodore Charles Nikias Theodore Charles Nikias, 79, passed away December 1 at his home in Johnson County, KS. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m., Tues., Dec. 4 at D.W. Newcomer's Sons, 11200 Metcalf. Funeral services will be 12 p.m. Wed. at St. Dionysios, 8100 W. 95th St. Theodore was born in Newport, KY January 10, 1928. He was preceded in death...